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Journalism That Matters

D.W. Reynolds Journalism Institute

Media Giraffe Project

Rebooting Rockwell's America: News, Art and Community

A PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM / September 11-13, 2009 / Stockbridge, Massachusetts

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ABOUT OUR CONVENORS AND SPONSORS

The ideas for "Rebooting Rockwell's America: News, Art and Community" germinated about two years ago, as Bill Densmore, a researcher on journalism's future, and David Scribner, a writer former editor of The Berkshire Eagle shared a idea: What would happen if a trained reporter rode a circuit of coffee shops and cafes within the Berkshires, meeting with citizens on a regular schedule, convening public discussions using the latest WiFi and multimedia mobile reporting technologies?

Then earlier this year, Norman Rockwell Museum Director Laurie Norton Moffatt noted the speed and effectiveness of web and email technologies as she and fellow residents of Stockbridge, Mass., rallied support and meeting attendance to retain funding for arts and cultural education in local public schools. What could happen, Moffatt asked, if cultural institutions and communities worked together to sustain and morph community journalism using such technologies?

The result is this symposium.

CO-CONVENORS

About Bill Densmore

Bill is a fellow at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism and a permanent resident of the Berkshires. He is director of The Media Giraffe Project at the University of Massachusetts and a co-founder of CircLabs Inc., a California-based startup working to sustain journalism through innovative online services that address user privacy, effective advertising and sharing value for news and multimedia information.

About Laurie Norton Moffatt

Laurie Norton Moffatt is a leading Rockwell scholar and author of the artist's catalogue raisonné, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue. She has served as director and CEO of Norman Rockwell Museum since 1986. In 1993, Ms. Norton Moffatt oversaw the Museum's $9.2 million expansion, which resulted in the new building designed by Robert A.M. Stern. Her professional affiliations include the American Association of Museums (AAM), where she is a trustee and accreditation reviewer, the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), and the New England Museum Association (NEMA).

She is the current president of the Williamstown Art Conservation Center. Ms. Norton Moffatt is an art history graduate of Connecticut College, where she received the President's Medal, the highest honor conferred by the college. She holds a master's degree in business administration from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts. An active community leader, she is co-founder of the Berkshire Creative Economy Council. Ms. Norton Moffatt lives in Stockbridge with her husband and daughter.

CO-SPONSORS

• The Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass.
• The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, Columbia, Mo.
• The Media Giraffe Project at UMass Amherst
• The Journalism That Matters collaborative
• Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Ga.

BERKSHIRE COLLABORATORS

• The Berkshire Visitors Bureau
• The Red Lion Inn
• The Comfort Inn of the Berkshires